The European market for motorcycles (classed as any PTW over 50cc) has increased slightly over the first six month of the year, according to ACEM’s latest data from the five biggest markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK). This is good news, as it comes on top of a big increase in last year’s six-month total.
However, the moped sector is still having a torrid time. The biggest markets for sub-50cc machinery (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain) saw a further decline after heavy losses in 2023. The total was more than 15% down on an already depleted total, with all markets suffering to a greater or lesser extent, with Spain falling nearly 25%.
Electric-powered markets were also notably afflicted – motorcycles were down by 27.4% and mopeds by 22.6% – mainly as a result of supply issues, reductions in government grants and general apathy from buyers.